Mark E. Seaton

Career

1. 2025 – now
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Chief Executive Officer; director
   Effective 2025-04-10
2. 2013 – 2025
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
   Appointed 2013-03-27, succeeding Max O. Valdes. Per the 2025 CEO press release, as CFO he also oversaw First American Trust (the company's federally chartered bank) and the technology group (WS-promo)
3. 2010 – 2013
   First American Financial Corporationsrc
   Senior Vice President, Finance
   From August 2010: treasury, financial planning, investment management and investor relations
4. 2007 – 2010
   First American Financial Corporation (and predecessor The First American Corporation)src
   Director of Investor Relations
5. 2006 – 2007
   The First American Corporationsrc
   Joined the company (first role not stated)

Undated in the sources

• BancBoston Capitalsrc, Private equity (role not stated)
• Robertson Stephenssrc, Investment banking (role not stated)

Not located: Years and titles at BancBoston Capital and Robertson Stephens are not stated in any filing read; his first role on joining First American in 2006 is not stated

Achievements

• Twelve years as First American's CFO (March 2013 to April 2025) before being promoted to CEO and directorsrc
• A 20-year company insider: joined in 2006, ran investor relations 2007-2010 and treasury, investments and planning as SVP Finance 2010-2013src
• First full year as CEO: FY2025 GAAP net income $621.8m, against $131.1m in FY2024src
• 2025 bonus paid at 142% of target on adjusted pretax margin of 10.6% (target 9.7%) and adjusted ROE of 10.6% (target 9.5%)src
• 2025 capital returns per the proxy: $122.3m of buybacks (2.1m shares at $58.54 average) and $223.0m of dividendssrc
• Say-on-pay passed with 97.5% of votes cast for and against at the May 2026 meetingsrc

Education

• Stanford University, BA Economicssrc
• Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, MBA Business Administrationsrc

Background

• Family The 2026 proxy states there are no family relationships among directors, nominees and executive officers; the April 2025 8-K says the same for him and reports no Item 404(a) related-party transactionssrc
• Other Became CEO in an unplanned succession: DeGiorgio was terminated without cause effective 2025-04-10; trade press tied the exit to a misdemeanor assault charge against DeGiorgio from a cruise-ship incidentsrc
• Other Works alongside Executive Chairman Dennis Gilmore (CEO 2010-2022), appointed the same day 'to provide complementary support and counsel'. Gilmore voluntarily cancelled all of his June 2025 RSU and PRSU awards in April 2026src
• Boards The 2026 proxy lists no other directorship for him; no outside board or trustee role was located in a web searchsrc
• Other Employment agreement first signed 2014, renewed 2026 to run to 2028-12-31 with a $1.1m minimum salary; termination without cause pays twice salary plus the second-largest of the prior three bonusessrc